Improvement in fish-hooks



@uitrit tstc5'- geteld @ffice BENJAMIN LEE, JR., OF WILL'IAMSEUEO., NEW. YORK, ASSIGNOE 'TO HYMSELE AND ALFRED WOODHAM, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No.`62,042, dated February 12,1867.

IMPRGVEMENT IN FISH-BOOKSlv @te tlgehule referat tu intima lfiters @nient mit' making putt nf the smite.

TO MAY CONCERN: f

Be ity kno'ivn that I, BENJAMIN LEE, Jr., of Williamsburg, county of Kings, 'a.nd State of New York, have inventedalnew and useful improved Fi'sh-Hook;` and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, c/lear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. i

The presentinvention consistsin' combining with the shank portion or stein of a {ish-hook, a spiral, coiled, or other suitable spring,'wl1ether such spring forms.` a part of the hook itself, or is separate `from and attached Or connected with it in any suitable manner, the'object of the spring being to increase the strength of the hook without materially increasing its weight, as Well also as to render it suiciently flexible to resist sudden strains,

which, in hooks of the ordinary form or construction, oftentimes causes them to break.

- Inthe accompanying platmy improved fish-hook is illustrated, the figure being a side view of thesame. A, in the drawings, represents the ish-hook, which, except so far as the present invention extends, may be made of any of the ordinary forms and styles. B thespring, which, in the present instance, is o f a. spiral or coiled shape, and forms a part orccntinuation of the shank or stem .portion C of ithe heck, terminating\in an eye, D, by which it is to `liersfecliled or fastened4 in any proper manner to the fishing-line.' By interposirg a spring, B, between the VHook .and its point of connection with the lshing-line, 'as 'above explained, the hookis rendered much moreilexible, and thns enabled to resist any sudden strain or jerk" Without danger of breaking; and,'furthern1'ore, is greatly increased in its strength,the spring also serving to assist the'drawin'g or pulling,`

in of a sli when canghtiipon the hook by its reaction from time'to time. 'In lieu of making the s'pring apart ci' the hook itself, it may be independent of the same and attached or connected to it ,in any-suitable manner between it andthe line; and, furthermore, the shapeof the spring may be varied in many respects.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to lsecure by Letters Patent- A spring, B, or its-equivalent, in combination with aish-hook, substantially as and for the purpose described. The above specification of my invention signed by me this 26th day of October, 1866. BENJAMIN LEE, JR..

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, ALBERT W. BROWN. 

